Masquerade (Turrin)

Joseph Turrin

General Info

Year: 2012
Duration: c. 4:40
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C Alan Publications
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $12.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:

Bass Drum
Bells
Crash Cymbals
Snare Drum
Suspended Cymbal
Triangle
Xylophone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

I had written several other pieces in previous years for public school residencies and have always enjoyed the process of working with the students and teachers on these projects. I composed Masquerade for a residency I did in Simsbury Connecticut Public School System. The piece was commissioned by the Simsbury Friends for Music & Performing Arts.

The musical material in Masquerade basically consists of a few themes that develop throughout, giving the piece an economical yet forward momentum. The composition is rhythmically precise and at other times very lyrical. Both of these contrasting aspects come together in places, giving the piece an interesting contrapuntal texture.

- Program Note by composer

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown

State Ratings

Alabama: Class B

Performances

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Works for Winds by This Composer

and yet your touch upon them will not pass (2021)
Arabesque (1990/2004)
Celebration (2010)
Ceremonial Prelude for Brass Choir (2010)
Chronicles (2000)
Concert Processional (2011)
Concertino for 11 Instruments and Wind Ensemble (2011)
Dedication for Band (2009)
Equinox (2010)
Fandango: For Solo Trumpet, Trombone and Wind Symphony (1999)
Fanfare and Prelude (2008/2010)
Hemispheres (2002)
High Flight (2008)
Hope Alive (2000)
Illuminations (2004)
Invocation (1992)
Jazzalogue No 1 (1997/2002)
Labyrinth (2011)
Lullaby for Noah (2008)
Masquerade (2012)
Monologues (2010)
Nessum Dorma (as arranger) (1926/2010)
Quadrille (2002)
Regiment of Heroes March (2016)
Ritual. See: Soundings for Band (1997)
Sandia Crest (2013)
Scarecrow Overture (2009)
Serenade Romantic (1982)
The Sounding of the Call (2014)
Soundings for Band (1997)
- Ritual (2011)
Triptych for Trumpet and Trombone (2023)
Two Sketches for Band (1998)
Zarabanda (1998)

Resources

Houser, Barry L. "Masquerade." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 10, Compiled and edited by Richard Miles, 438-445. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2015.
Joseph Turrin website Accessed 12 September 2021
Perusal score
Turrin, J. (2012). Masquerade [score]. C. Alan Publications: Greensboro, N.C.